88TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS Discussion Topic (LIVE! Today's discussion begins on pg 33)

[Alpha]

I'm pretty confident Sly is gonna take home the Supp. Actor Oscar. His nomination elicited the best response from the crowd today.

[FilmBuff]

The only one I'm vested in is Stallone for bsa. Go rocky!

[TalismanRing]

3 minutes ago, Alpha said:

I'm pretty confident Sly is gonna take home the Supp. Actor Oscar. His nomination elicited the best response from the crowd today.

 

That would make for a perfect Best Actor/ Best Supporting Not Worthy But One "Due" and One's Old combo.

[Blankments]

I'm... completely happy with these noms  

 

Okay, I'm a tad disappointed by Carell not getting the Actor nom and Giacchino and "See You Again" being ignored, but those are just disappointments. Looking forward to the ceremony, definitely.

[WrathOfHan]

This is a really exciting year. SAG will tell us nothing about Supporting Actor and Director is wide open

[Cmasterclay]

17 minutes ago, IronJimbo said:

 

There about 5 more films I would pick before Creed and about 10 before Straight out of Compton. The actors chosen are all incredible, It seems to me you're the one with bias not those doing the nomination.

 

 

Right, because again, it's just a coincidence that every single year, the best movies are ones made by white people, starring white people, and about white people. Apparently, that's just happenstance. Ok, bub. 

[department store basement]

44 minutes ago, BoxOfficeZ said:

Del Toro got snubbed though.

 

The only category Crimson Peak had a chance of being nominated in was Production Design.

[Dementeleus]

2 hours ago, MovieMan89 said:

Good call @Telemachos for saying Carol could miss out this past week. Really didn't think that one would. 

 

Thanks, but I completely whiffed on two I thought were shoo-ins (Sorkin and Tarantino for screenplays).  

[#ED]

Was that 50 Shades song better than See You Again? Wtf

[Blankments]

Oh, that Steve Jobs snub in Screenplay is great. Made me so happy.

[department store basement]

Sorkin's and Elba's omissions were the only really big surprises for me.

[Dementeleus]

...and of course I'm in the ABI and ABR* camp, when it comes to Best Dir and Best Pic. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* anyone but Inarritu / anything but Revenant

[Dementeleus]

2 minutes ago, Blan Solo said:

Oh, that Steve Jobs snub in Screenplay is great. Made me so happy.

 

 

[#ED]

4 minutes ago, Telemachos said:

...and of course I'm in the ABI and ABR* camp, when it comes to Best Dir and Best Pic. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* anyone but Inarritu / anything but Revenant

 

I liked it tho...

[#ED]

It begins...

 

King: It's suspicious how the Academy shut out black actors, films and directors in its Oscar nominations  

"Hear my heart, I don't think African-Americans should be nominated because they are black — never that. However, when the voters are 94% white, 76% men, and are an average of 63 years old, issues of racism and cultural understanding aren't imaginary, but very real."

 

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/king-oscar-nominations-overlook-black-actors-films-article-1.2496777

 

[filmlover]

9 minutes ago, #ED said:

Was that 50 Shades song better than See You Again? Wtf

While I was it wasn't associated with something as inherently trashy as Fifty Shades of Grey, I do love "Earned It." "See You Again" is a bit too treacly and derivative of other songs for my taste.

[Dementeleus]

It might be lame, but it's not suspicious. 

[#ED]

Take the best picture race, which had room for 10 films but ended up only with eight — leaving out “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” the most beloved and biggest box office winner, and “Carol,” the year’s majestic mood piece.

One was too big. The other, too gay.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/2016-oscar-nominations-snubbed-article-1.2496697

 

Star Wars was really gay? 

 

[IronJimbo]

17 minutes ago, Cmasterclay said:

Right, because again, it's just a coincidence that every single year, the best movies are ones made by white people, starring white people, and about white people. Apparently, that's just happenstance. Ok, bub. 

I think the your problem should be finding why the film industry is this way. Instead of getting mad at people rating what is front of them correctly.

[DAR]

12 minutes ago, Telemachos said:

...and of course I'm in the ABI and ABR* camp, when it comes to Best Dir and Best Pic. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* anyone but Inarritu / anything but Revenant

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